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Nduduzo Makhathini: Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 2 Streams • 1 year ago

Mitra I. Arthur | August 18, 2025
Whether through his recordings, live in concert or at the Tiny Desk, South African pianist and Zulu healer Nduduzo Makhathini has the ability to transfix an audience with his deeply meditative and engaging music. His work is lush with ancestral invocation, meditations on Blackness and spiritual exploration.

Here, Makhathini presents a cross-section of his works that he has dubbed for the Tiny Desk as the Ntu Sonicities Devotion Suite in Five Movements. His notes on the suite shared with the Tiny Desk team illuminate a thoughtful intentionality that is a hallmark of Makhathini's work.

Movement One: “Kuzodlula” is a meditation on stillness, an inward invitation towards emptiness and the ability to leave behind the denseness of life.

Movement Two: “Omnyama” is an invocation of “Blackness” through the incarnations of various African deities and divinities.

Movement Three: “Equidistant Passage” is a short reflection on Black aesthetics through three strategies: ritual, an ongoing rehearsal and study.

Movement Four: “Izinkonjana” is a song of grace and transcendence. It launches into a space of “zero gravity” like birds fly effortlessly through the clouds.

Movement Five: “Imvunge” is a protest, a song of victory, it celebrates conquest.

The performance from Makhathini, bassist Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere and drummer Kabelo Mokhatla creates an immersive soundscape, interwoven with sung/spoken reflections in Zulu, sound design elements activated by a laptop and use of a vocoder. All of these elements invite the audience to participate in this act of devotion.

SET LIST
Ntu Sonicities Devotion Suite in Five Movements

Movement One: "Kuzodlula"
Movement Two: "Omnyama"
Movement Three: "Equidistant Passage"
Movement Four: "Izinkonjana"
Movement Five: "Imvunge"

MUSICIANS
Nduduzo Makhathini: piano, vocals
Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere: bass
Kabelo Mokhatla: drums

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Mitra I. Arthur
Director: Kara Frame
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Editor: Maia Stern
Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Zayrha Rodriguez
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Audio Mix: Maggie Luthar
Production Assistant: Dora Levite
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Photographer: Alanté Serene
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

#nprmusic #tinydesk #NduduzoMakhathini

Tiny Desk Giveaway. No purchase or donation required for entry. Void where restricted or prohibited by law. 18yrs or older. Deadline September 12, 2025, 11:59PM PT. ARV: $3,800. Links to the entry page and official rules can be found at NPR.org/TinyDeskGiveaway
Sponsors: NPR, Moises

Support for NPR Music and the 2025 Tiny Desk Giveaway comes from Moises. Powerful AI tools created by musicians, for musicians. Learn more at Moises.AI

Guster: Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 2 Streams • 1 year ago

Christine Geiger | August 20, 2025
The first time I saw Guster, the three members of the group, Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel, were busking in a vacant storefront in Harvard Square. Two young college students singing harmony, earnestly playing their guitars, flanking a very energetic bongo player. I put a few bucks into the guitar case.

Since then, I've seen them with full orchestras in many cities, flown to see them at Red Rocks, and most recently stood in a sea of thousands at the On The Ocean festival the band curates and hosts each year in Portland, Maine. They have released nine albums and several live recordings, and always finds new ways to weave amazing sonic landscapes, tell meaningful stories and deeply engage with its fan base. But I have always felt Guster was a band made for the Tiny Desk, for the NPR Music audience. From that dirty little storefront in Cambridge to the best little venue in the world.

When Miller, Gardner and Rosenworcel finally made it to the Tiny Desk, Guster put on a show that featured old songs and new. They opened with "Manifest Destiny," an anthem dedicated to packing it all up and running away. The Washington DC Gay Men's Chorus provided beautiful harmonies on "Empire State." From Guster's most recent album, Ooh La La, "The Elevator" is a goodbye song that carries different meanings whether you think of it as a morning farewell to a small child or mourning a lost parent. Either way, "I'll miss you when I'm gone" is the message.

Watching this performance was an immensely euphoric, almost surreal moment. At one moment, Ryan and Adam once again played their guitars flanking Brian, and I got a flash of those same three earnest young men I saw on that summer day in Cambridge, Mass. A little older, but as wonderful as ever.

SET LIST
"Manifest Destiny"
"Empire State"
"Satellite"
"The Elevator"

MUSICIANS
Ryan Miller: vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass, piano
Adam Gardner: bass, guitar, vocals
Brian Rosenworcel: drums, percussion
Luke Reynolds: guitar, Mellotron, bass, piano, background vocals
Dave Butler: drums, piano
Jamie Hillis: background vocals
Zac Barger: background vocals
Gabriel Lopez: background vocals
Dana Nearing: background vocals
Michael Smith: background vocals
Javon Byram: background vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Robin Hilton
Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Alanté Serene, Sofia Seidel
Audio Engineer: Josephine Nyounai
Production Assistant: Dora Levite
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Tiny Desk Team: Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Maansi Srivastava
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

#nprmusic #tinydesk #guster

Tiny Desk Giveaway. No purchase or donation required for entry. Void where restricted or prohibited by law. 18yrs or older. Deadline September 12, 2025, 11:59PM PT. ARV: $3,800. Links to the entry page and official rules can be found at NPR.org/TinyDeskGiveaway
Sponsors: NPR, Moises

Support for NPR Music and the 2025 Tiny Desk Giveaway comes from Moises. Powerful AI tools created by musicians, for musicians. Learn more at Moises.AI

Tyla - IS IT LOVE | Vevo Official Live Performance Hotney 2 Streams • 3 months ago

Tyla – IS IT LOVE | Vevo Official Live Performance

Vevo and Tyla invite you into the gritty, glistening, and rhythmic world of the South African superstar’s new ‘A*POP’ album…

Pre-Save/Pre-Order “A*POP” at: https://tyla.lnk.to/APOP

Watch Tyla music videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TylaOfficial

Follow Tyla
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyla
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hernametyla
X: https://twitter.com/Tyllaaaaaaa

Vevo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vevo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vevo
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@vevo

Executive Producer: JP Evangelista
Executive Producer: Chris Pereira
Executive Producer: Jordy Wax, Contrast Films
Director: Skyler Brown
Creative Direction, Production: Seth Halter + Skyler Brown
Director, Line Production: Yanina Molina
Producer: Lola Gatti
Director Of Operations: Maddy Malave, Contrast Films
Producer: Natalia Lax, Contrast Films
Production Manager: Lizzie Lockhard
Production Coordinator: Sheila Hernandez
Production Coordinator: Kasey Percich
1st AD: Derek Jaeschke
2nd AD: Mikaela Ruegg

Director of Photography: Tehillah De Castro
Steadicam Operator: Jose Espinoza
Remote Head Op: Joel “Kirk” Fletcher
Lead Arm Tech: Christopher Mayhugh
2nd Arm Tech: Jeff Schutz
Stabilized Head Tech: Mike Martinez
1st AC: Mike Lemnitzer
1st AC: Pancho Ortiz
2nd AC: Fred Porras
Loader: Alejandro Olmedo
DIT: Raffaele Vesco

Gaffer: Jihan 'Jay' Casquejo
Best Boy Electric: Peter Murphy
Board Op: Oliver Kompst
Electric: Mauricio Aguilar
Electric: Vahagan Gukasyan
Electric / Driver: Paul Kane
Electric: Chris Guerrero

Key Grip: Kyle Sorvig
Best Boy Grip: Jacob Senn
Grip: Mason McLaury
Grip: Jesus Munoz
Grip: Nick Zajic
Grip: Vic Roca

Production Designer: Freyja Bardell
Art Coordinator: Justin Ryan Brown
Set Decorator: Barbara Lago
Leadman: Chris Newell
Driver/Dresser: Arin Ajamian
On-Set Dresser: Bryan Clark
Set Dresser: Armando Nunez
Painter: Sydney Cavanaugh-Pellow
Painter: Max King
Painter:Tom Adams
Painter: Ashleigh Scott
Painter: Johnathan Sapp
Production Assistant: Edgar Guiterrez
Production Assistant: Zach Long

A1: Casey Graham
A2: Jeramey Claudio
Mixer: Migui Molales

Production Assistant: Ziya Morris
Production Assistant: Grant Collins
Production Assistant: Michael Brown
Production Assistant: Anthony Fuentes
Production Assistant: Justin Frawley
Production Assistant: AJ Washington
Production Assistant: Alexa Babin
Production Assistant: Edgar Castillo
Production Assistant: Jose Chavez
Production Assistant: Eloy Perez

Executive Producer: Claudia Guevara, Color Collective
Colorist: Mike Howell, Color Collective

Global Creative Director, Design: Brian Parisi
Associate Creative Director: Nick Resnicow
Design: Laia Torrent Frugis
Photographer: Michael Drummond

Director, Post Production: Michael Colman
Post Production Supervisor: Dominic Siri
Post Production Coordinator: Hudson Price
Editor: Kevin Rose
Manager, Talent Booking: Katie Adler
Director, Talent Booking: Cynthia Todd
Senior Director, Talent Booking: Annie Shapiro
Senior Director, US + LATAM Artist & Label Relations: Sam Mackoff

#tyla #isitlove #vevoofficialliveperformance

(C) 2026 FAX Records, under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

#tyla #isitlove #apop

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